Evening Roundup, April 30
Featuring Sen. Tim Kaine with Jen Rubin; Maria Peralta; John F. Terzano; Mimi Rocah; Meredith Blake; Josh Levs; Jennifer Weiss-Wolf; Rushab Sanghvi with Jen; and Nick Anderson
Senator Tim Kaine on Trump's disastrous economic policies and the ongoing constitutional crisis
The United States’ economy shrank 0.3% during the first quarter of 2025, the first time in three years U.S. GDP has been negative. Combined with Trump’s global tariff regime, Americans are going to face real economic hardships in the coming years. Senator Tim Kaine joins Jen to discuss the state of the American economy and Trump’s continued attacks…
May Day, May Day!
Mobilizations Planned in Over 800 Cities in all 50 States as Workers Demand Justice
By Maria Peralta
Trump’s Vietnam commemoration debacle: amateur hour
Diplomats were told not to attend ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
By John F. Terzano
D.C. U.S. Attorney nominee Ed Martin’s history demands a hearing
Senate Judiciary Republicans will forever be responsible for any abuses to come.
By Mimi Rocah
How a willfully inaccurate play about Mary Todd Lincoln became a cultural sensation
When Sam Pinkleton first started working on Oh, Mary!, he had little idea the campy play, which reimagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a messy boozehound and wannabe cabaret star married to a gay man, would become the biggest surprise hit on Broadway in years. Or that it would make it to Broadway at all.
The media is failing to fight for democracy
Democracy is in danger across the world. Fascist forces are sowing and taking advantage of chaos. Authoritarian rulers and wannabe dictators are trying to ignore courts and other governmental structures to tighten their grip, including here in the United States.
Trump Wants a Baby Boom
Donald Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president” last month, claiming delivery of a campaign promise to make IVF procedures more affordable. Not only does his executive order do nothing of the sort (covered here at The Contrarian), DOGE-fueled budget cuts have since eliminated the CDC team of epidemiologists and data analysts leading IVF research across the country.
Rushab Sanghvi and Jen on May Day and Union Solidarity
Tomorrow is May Day, a global tribute to the labor movement and the fight for workers' rights. Rushab Sanghvi joins Jen Rubin to discuss the power of collective bargaining and why unions are on the front lines against authoritarianism.
President Bone Spurs
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose cartoons have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and elsewhere. Find him on Substack at nickanderson.substack.com.
Trump dissent brewing as Republicans fear midterm defeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7JWLJ0-cY
have you seen this?
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/04/american-library-association-afscme-challenge-trump-administration-gutting-institute
another attack on literacy and free speech